U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

A federal appeals court this week supports what U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has been warning county and city leaders about for six months: If they don’t offer a realistic option for homeless people to stay overnight, police can’t enforce anti-camping ordinances. On Friday, Carter is bringing OC civic leaders back to court to gauge progress.

The nation’s highest court decided April 16 it would not review the case, rejecting a petition by Westminster to appeal the 2014 decision by a federal court jury that awarded $3.4 million in damages plus attorney fees to Westminster Police Department officers Jose Flores, Ryan Reyes and Brian Perez.

“We don’t have sufficient capacity,” said the supervisors’ chairman, Andrew Do. The issue is scheduled to be discussed Tuesday at a federal court hearing with U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, county officials, and city officials from across Orange County.

ByTRACY WOOD |November 7, 2013

ByREX DALTON |September 27, 2012

The Orange County Special Education Alliance is an obscure public agency that uses taxpayer money to help pay the legal bills of school districts battling families over providing special education services.

In #CA39 Gil Cisneros’ lead over Young Kim widens to 3,495 votes today (up from yesterday’s 3,020 vote lead). Today’s count includes an update from OC. Kim maintains a lead in OC, while Cisneros is still ahead overall for the district, at 50.78%.

In #CA49 Mike Levin maintains his lead at 55.5% over Diane Harkey. Today's updated count includes just Orange County where Levin gained 313 votes from yesterday and Harkey gained 189. Harkey maintains a lead for *just* the Orange County portion of votes at now 5,043.

In the 34th State Senate race Janet Nguyen's election night lead of 18% dropped to 5.6% last Saturday and is 0.24% today. Today's count includes an update from OC, but not LA. Nguyen gained 2,975 votes from yesterday, Umberg gained 3,644.

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On Election Day, President Trump drove unprecedented voter turnout in Orange County, nearly 65 percent of registered voters visited the polls. That hasn’t been seen during a midterm election in Orange County since the 1970s. The results don’t bode well for the GOP but there’s a deeper message here for incumbents: Engage the public or peril.